Clothes-drier.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR T. HAG-EN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO A. T. HAGEN 00., OF ROCHESTER, NEWV YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-DRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 5, 1906.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR T. HAeEN, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Driers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to improvements in clothes-drying apparatus of that type shown in Letters Patent No. 735,366, granted August 4, 1903, to Hagen and Cooper, and has for its object to provide an improved clamp or hanger for clothes or other articles carried thereby, in which the articles are clamped or gripped more certainly, their weight tending to hold them more securely, and whereby also they may be released and the articles dropped as the carrier, to which the clamping device is attached, moves along its way. To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of aportion of a carrier, showing my improvements; and Fig. 2 is. a transverse sectional view.. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view showing the jaws open.

Similar referencenumerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

1 indicates a suitable track, preferably tubular in form and having a slot at the bottom for the passage of the shanks or projections 2,

having at their upper ends rollers 3, operating on the lower horizontally-extending flanges of the track, the lower portion of the shanks or projections 2 being attached at intervals to an endless conveyer or sprocketchain 4, supported below the track by said shanks, and said conveyer or chain extends around guide-wheels and driving mechanism arranged at the bends or curves of the track and below the same for the purpose of guiding the conveyer into, through, and externally of the drying-chamber. The bracket 5, to which the track is connected, is provided at its lower side with brackets 6, adjustably secured to the downward extension of the first-mentioned bracket and provided on their lower ends with extended flanges 7, serving as guides for the lower portions of the shanks. Extending outwardly from the main bracket are the arms 8, to the lower ends of which are rigidly secured inclined trackplates 9, said plates being arranged at a slight angle relative to the plane of the track or way, as shown particularly in Fig. 2, and

adapted to engage the releasing projection of the clamping orholding device for the goods, as will be described.

Secured to the lower end of the shank 2 is and at its outer end provided with a clamp ing face or portion 15, adapted to cooperate with the clamping-face 12 on the other jaw. This jaw is also provided with an upward extension 16, extending over and partially embracing the upper arm 11, although permitted a sliding movement therein, to prevent relative lateral movement. When two clamps are provided upon the device, as shown, the yokes at the inner ends of the clamps or opposite sides of the arm are preferably arranged as shown in Fig. 3, this par ticular arrangement being employed because the arms or opposite sides are formed of similar castings. This is an advantageous arrangement of the parts because the clamping devices projecting laterally from each side of their supports may conveniently hold such articles as collars and cufis out of contact with each other, and there being two clamps on each support the capacity of a conveyer of given length will be doubled.

From the above construction it will be seen that the jaws of the clamps may be opened by moving upwardly the outer arms 13 and articles placed between the jaws 12 and 15 will be grasped and held securely when said arm is released, the Weight of the garment or article assisting in clamping it more securely,

and as the conveyer is moved it will be safely transported through the drier-room. It may be automatically released when it reaches the desired position by the engagement of the arms 12 with the releasing cam-tracks 9, the jaws 12 and 15 being widely separated as the arm 12 moves upwardly.

By pivoting the cooperating jaws of the clamp on different centers and causing their simultaneous operation the goods are held securely and readily releasedby the operation of one only of the jaws.

The device is found in practical use to be admirably adapted for drying apparatus of the endless-conveyer type, and t e parts being simple and cheap they may be readily applied to a drying apparatus already in use.

I claim as my invention 1. In a clamp for suspending garments, the combination with a support, of parallel arms pivoted thereon on different centers and having cooperating holding-jaws movable in intersecting arcs.

2. In a clamp for suspending garments,

&c., the combination with a support, of two parallel arms pivoted on the support on different centers and having cooperating gripping-surfaces movable in intersecting arcs, said jaws being connected for simultaneous operation. 3. In a clamp for suspending garments, &c., the combination with a support, of the two parallel arms pivoted to the support one above the other, having 0 posing clampingsurfaces at points remove from their plvots and connections between saidjaws for causing their simultaneous operation on their pivots.

4. In a clamp for suspending garments, &c., the combination with a support, of the two holding-jaws pivoted to the support one above the other having opposing clampingsurfaces at points removed from their pivots and connections for maintaining said jaws in substantial parallelism as they are moved on their pivots.

5. The combination with the support, of parallel arms pivoted at one end to said support on different centers and having opposmg clamping-faces at their other ends, means for causing the simultaneous operation of the jaws on their pivots to approach or separate the opposing surfaces.

6. The combination with the support, of the clamping-jaws pivoted thereon at one end on different centers and having opposing clamping-faces at their other ends remote from their pivotal points, connections for causing the simultaneous operation of the jaws, one of the latter having an operating extension thereon.

7. The combination with the support, of the clamping-jaws pivoted thereon on different centers and having opposing clampingfaces, a projection on one jaw engaging the 10. The combinationwith the traveling conveyer, of clamping devices projecting from opposite sides thereof, each embodying two opposing jaws pivoted on different centers, connections between the jaws for causing their simultaneous operation and relatively stationary means for separating said jaws.

1 1. The combination with the track, a traveling conveyer supported thereon and the downward extensions, of the clamping devices extending on opposite sides of said extensions and perpendicular to the plane of movement of the conveyer, said clamping devices embodying pivoted jaws connected for simultaneous operation and relatively stationary means for engaging and separating the clamping-jaws during the movement of the conveyer.

12. The combination with the track, a traveling conveyer supported thereon having the downward extensions, of clamping devices extending from opposite sides thereof each embodying a pair of o posing jaws pivoted on diiferent centers an connected for simultaneous operation and relatively stationary means for engaging one of the jaws of each pair and causing their separation during the movement of the conveyer.

13. The combination with the track, a traveling conveyer supported thereon, having the downward extension, of a clamping device embodying a pair of jaws pivoted on different centers, connections between the jaws for causing their simultaneous operation and a stationary cam for engaging one of the jaws to separate them during the movement of the conveyer.

14. The combination with the track, a traveling conveyer supported on the track and extending below the same and guides at the sides of said conveyer, and a cam-track arranged below and laterally of said guides, of clamping devices supported on the conveyer and embodying relatively movable jaws one of which is adapted to engage the cam-track to separate the jaws.

15. The combination with a traveling conveyer, of a holding-clamp thereon embodying two jaws pivoted on different centers, and having opposing faces extending parallel with the line of travel of the conveyer, one of from in opposite directions and relatively said jaws having lugs engaging and sliding stationary means located at each side of the IO upon the other and one provided with an outconveyer and cooperating with each clampwardly-extending operating portion. ing device.

16. The combination With a traveling con- ARTHUR T. HAGEN. veyer and a sup ort depending therefrom, of Witnesses: two clamping evices arranged one at each G. WILLARD RICH,

side of the support projecting laterally there- RUssELL B. GRIFFITH. 

